My point is we do not need to promote things which we reckon sensitive. We might look abymally silly and immatured. As the technology grow and modern Singapore established, our mentality must grow along. Thanks

the reason why this guy here chose to be called a malay because he can gain credit, coz its not a big thing for an indian to be a BG(we have those people before) but as a malay , he can be the “First” so call BG malay.

till today the truth is pakistanis, arabs and indian muslims who speak malay in singapore look down at malays and use this to their leverage to show the chinese majority there are the “better malays” because if they were to compete the indian market, they are left behind from other elite indians . this is just another political controversy where the republic wants to show the chinese and malays here and in msia/indo there are not racist to malays when in actual fact it might not be the case.

the funny thing is, when the spore chinese gal was killed at mumbai, india by indian/paki terrorists, nobody blame the indians, people always think the malays are the ones who do all this shit or are the terrorists. dont look aT the members of the islamic group who are malays(they are just followers) , look at the leaders who lead AND PLAN this bullshit to attack the west, look carefully at their faces , they are all PAKISTAN, INDIAN or ARAB but disguise as the malay so the malay community will always get the backlash and derailed further.

Yeah, right.

Let’s forget about race politics for a second. Let’s forget about SAF, NUS racial quota, racial division when buying HDB flats, speak Mandarin campaign, job opportunities etc etc etc.

Let me entertain you with a nice Hollywood movie. I like to recommend this to everyone. It’s the dialogue that’s interesting. Then you’ll begin to understand how things really are.

Here’s my favourite part of this particular Hollywood movie. It’s call, The Good Shepherd. It stars Matt Damon. In this intance, read the bit of dialogue embedded below, which I cut and paste from somewhere in the Hollywood websites. Here it comes:

Joseph Palmi: Let me ask you something… we Italians, we got our families, and we got the church; the Irish, they have the homeland, Jews their tradition; even the niggers, they got their music. What about you people, Mr. Wilson, what do you have?
Edward Wilson: The United States of America. The rest of you are just visiting.

Get it? Don’t get it? Ok, all you have to do is replace the dialogue into your local context.

Problem with alot of people on this island is that they mistake opinions for thoughts.

Meritocracy works in admission to universities, teaching vacancies and few things in this country for Malay (and also Muslim Indian/Mamak). But in HDB flats, the right to use loudspeakers for mu’azzin in mosques to call for prayer, and also for the RSN – it’s zero. Malay and Muslim communities are not allowed to be in huge numbers in all HDB flats for some ridicolous reasons. So why I had to think that one recently appointed Malay BG in SAF would make me forget ’bout all that paranoid policies?

No sgporeans of any races got any benefit from Lion City’s progress. Its the foreign talent that took away our jobs, scholarships and even women! One Malay friend of mine during our NSF days cynically told me “If I can have secure future including job, and not loosing my girlfriend to some Ang Mor, having no Malay General in SAF is no big deal to me!”

I share the same opinion. SAF flag ranks are predominantly Chinese bastion since independence but why the conscription continue to torture Sg males today esp Chinese like me who hates soldiering?

Why are they paranoid? Well, this is a just a guess, and i could be wrong.

1. Singapore broke away from Malaysia due to racial issues. Thus our senior leaders, as well as the senior leaders in Malaysia, are still hung up over this “race” issue. MM Lee’s visit to Malaysia, and Dr M’s response, clearly highlighted the “tension” that still exists between us.

2. The racial riots of the 60s in Singapore, according to the press and historians (Singapore-based press and historians, mind you), were the result of instigation from chauvinist Malaysian politicians. So, it is believed, Malays in Singapore were provoked due to Malaysia’s politicians.

3. Indonesia could bring up the fact that Singapore (as well as Johor) was part of ancient Srivijaya and Majapahit kingdoms. The riots when Suharto fell showed the resentment that could be nascent between races.

4. Jemaah Islamiyah talked about the unification of the Nusantara – the Malay archipelago, from south Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and South Philippines.

5. SAF doctrine was initially assisted by Israel Defence Forces. and they had a deep mistrust of the surrounding Arab countries. Possibly they set forth the idea not to give senior positions in the army to a “race” that surrounds Singapore.

But in my mind, the average Malay/Muslim singaporean just wants to “get along”, get into the mainstream, allowed to practice his/her religion without prejudice, have a house over their heads, food to eat, and rise up in careers, like anybody else. What i can tell you is that if one talks about loyalty, once you’ve won our trust and loyalty, we are arguably the most loyal of people. anyway, i have no empirical proof so its open for discussion.

by the by, what is your views on the new digital pixel camou uniform?

which you prefer ? the old one or new one? why?

cant keep thinking, is there something boiling?

eg. to ‘join’ into our neighbour country…

another dinner topic with kakis.

aiyoyo